Financial Awards

Scholarship for Service | Fellowships | Awards

Scholarship for Service (SFS)

Incoming students in the INI's MS in Information Security Technology and Management (MSISTM) program may be eligible to participate in the Scholarship for Service program, which provides full financial assistance to a few highly qualified applicants each year who express an interest and who satisfy all the requirements. Nine scholarships are given out each year to students entering the MSISTM program (funding permitting). For more information about the Scholarship for Service program, see our Scholarship for Service Web page.

Fellowships

Executive Women's Forum Fellowship

The Information Networking Institute (INI) and Carnegie Mellon CyLab have partnered with the Executive Women’s Forum (EWF), sponsored by Alta Associates, to offer a full scholarship to a Master of Science in Information Security Technology and Management (MSISTM) student each year.

Alta Associates is a premier executive recruitment fi rm specializing in Information Security, IT Audit, Risk Management and Privacy.

In 2003, Alta Associates organized the first-ever
Executive Women’s Forum on Information Security for leaders in information security, privacy and risk management, and they have been holding annual EWF’s since that time. The EWF is a group of over 200 of the most senior executive women in information security, risk management and privacy who meet yearly to share experiences and build trustbased relationships.

This scholarship will be offered for three years, beginning in the Fall 2007, to students from historically underrepresented populations in the area of information networking and security, including women. Awardees, known as EWF Fellows, will receive a full scholarship and will be mentored by an EWF participant who is a woman at a senior level in the information security fi eld. In addition, Alta Associates and Carnegie Mellon plan to create a mentoring program between EWF and Women@INI (WINI).

Recipients of the EWF scholarship must meet the following criteria:

• Meet all criteria for admission to the INI MSISTM program: www.ini.cmu.edu/programs/pittsburgh_msistm

• Have an accumulated GPA of at least 3.25 prior to entering Carnegie Mellon and maintain a minimum 3.25 GPA while at the INI

• Have no outstanding employment contract or obligation while attending Carnegie Mellon

• Show exemplary promise and potential

• Demonstrate exceptional leadership skills

• Be a U.S. citizen

The EWF scholarship program serves as an example of how academia and industry can work together to promote education anddiversity. The partnership will help to strengthen ties between industry and Carnegie Mellon while bringing visibility to both the INI and the EWF. The scholarship has been designed to attract more female students to the INI and ultimately increase the supply of women technologists for the information security industry.

Please contact ini@cmu.edu if you have questions or would like more information.

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Read more about the EWF partnership with the INI

Frank J. Marshall Graduate Fellowship

The Frank J. Marshall Graduate Fellowship award of $14,500 is awarded annually to one incoming MSISTM student.

Frank J. Marshall graduated from the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon in 1969. He established the Frank J. Marshall Graduate Fellowship to provide support to outstanding students in the form of scholarships and awards.

Prabhu and Poonam Goel Graduate Fellowship

The Prabhu and Poonam Goel Graduate Fellowship award of $9,000 is awarded to two students each year--one student in the MSIN degree program and one student in the MSISTM degree program--for outstanding academic accomplishments and involvement in the INI. Scholarship for Service students and government/company-sponsored students are not eligible.

The Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship Program

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offers a graduate student fellowship that covers full tuition and a stipend for up to three years, given satisfactory academic progress and availability of funding. The fellowship requires a 10-week, continuous, off-campus research internship and a one-year, full-time service requirement. Read more from the DHS Web site.

Awards

The Pradeep K. Khosla Leadership Award

This award honors a graduating INI student who has most noticeably demonstrated initiative, motivation, academic excellence and overall outstanding leadership qualities. The student should also have demonstrated the ability to balance his or her scholarship with his or her leadership and involvement. The award recipient receives an engraved award and a monetary honorarium.

Outstanding Student Services Award: Research Assistant

This award is intended to recognize a graduating INI student who has demonstrated exemplary performance and contribution as a Research Assistant. The award recipient receives an engraved award and a monetary honorarium. Honorable mentions receive letters of commendation.

Outstanding Student Services Award: Teaching Assistant

This award is intended to recognize a graduating INI student who has demonstrated exemplary performance and contribution as a Teaching Assistant. The award recipient receives an engraved award and a monetary honorarium. Honorable mentions receive letters of commendation.